49th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140355025 | Low-Capacity Power Supply, Power Supply System, and Image Forming Apparatus - A system for minimizing damage based on excess current or voltage is described in which a connection between an AC power supply and a smoothing circuit is interrupted. The system may include capacitors and relays located between the AC power supply and a rectifier. By determining that a voltage or current is greater than a threshold level, the relay or relays may be opened. For instance, the increased voltage or current may be due to a failure of one or the capacitors, resulting in a short circuit across the capacitor. By opening the relay or relays, damage due to the excess current or voltage may be prevented from damaging downstream components. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355026 | OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD - An output control device includes an output instruction unit configured to give an instruction for outputting a single output information item, to an application requesting output of the single output information item as plural output information items having the same identification information based on an output instruction, and to subsequently give an instruction to output end information indicating an end of the single output information item; a storage control unit configured to store the output information items output from the application in a save area upon changing the identification information of the output information items into different identification information items; a determination unit configured to determine whether the instruction to output the end information has been given; and a combining unit configured to combine the output information items stored in the save area, when the determination unit determines that the instruction to output the end information has been given. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355027 | Image Forming Apparatus with High Security for Individual Information - An image forming apparatus includes a document reading unit, an individual information recognition unit, an individual information storage unit, an approval-use paper-sheet-personal-information identification unit, and an image forming unit. The individual information recognition unit is configured to recognize character data of individual information and appraisal data to identify individual information from image data when a paper sheet is for individual information recordation. The approval-use paper-sheet-personal-information identification unit is configured to collate image data of a signature space on the paper sheet for approval against the appraisal data stored in the individual information storage unit when a paper sheet read by the document reading unit is a paper sheet for approval to identify matching individual information. The image forming unit is configured to image the character data of identified individual information at a predetermined position on the paper sheet for approval when individual information is identified. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355028 | XML Printer System With RFID Capability - An XML system is configured to encode RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream. The computer system further includes an XML processor configured to receive and process a format template, associate the XML data contained in the XML input data stream and the format template, a formatting engine configured to format the associated XML data according to a format governed by the format template, and/or generate encoding information for an RFID device. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355029 | Marking Agent Subscription Credits - In one example of the disclosure, credit data indicative of a subscription credit is received at a printer via a first network. The printer is connected to a marking agent supply. The subscription credit is to authorize the printer to at least one of dispense or consume a credit quantity of marking agent from the supply according to a subscription. Job data is received at the printer via a second network. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355030 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A non-transitory computer readable recording medium records a job transmission program for transmission of a job to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a job executable state and an energy saving state. The job transmission program includes the followings as processes that the computer executes: receiving a transmission instruction of a job; determining whether or not the job is set as an energy saving job that can save power consumption in the electronic device; acquiring a state of the electronic device; queuing, when the job is an energy saving job and the acquired state of the electronic device is the energy saving state, transmission of the energy saving job; and transmitting, when the state of the electronic device is changed from the energy saving state to the job executable state, the queued energy saving job to the electronic device. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355031 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CHANGING EXECUTION ORDER OF JOBS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of changing the execution order of jobs to thereby suppress occurrence of downtime caused when an operator cannot replenish or replace a consumable. A print queue manages the execution order of jobs. A paper-out prediction section predicts a time at which replenishment or replacement of a consumable to be consumed by the execution of the jobs becomes necessary. An operator absence schedule input section receives an input of a time period during which an operator who is to replenish or replace the consumable cannot replenish or replace the consumable. A job order automatic changing section changes the execution order of the jobs such that the predicted time will not come during the time period, when possible. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355032 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image-forming apparatus to process a job includes volatile memory, non-volatile memory, a judging unit, a calculating unit, a defining unit, and a controller. The volatile memory stores a generated error log using a memory area. The non-volatile memory stores information for identifying an overwrite restricted error. The judging unit judges whether a generated error is a particular error. The calculating unit calculates remaining memory which is changed by a subsequent error log being written secured, with a position where a particular error log is written in the volatile memory as a reference, where the error is the particular error. The defining unit defines an acquisition level of an error log in a stepwise manner based on the calculated remaining memory. The controller outputs an error log to an apparatus according to the defined acquisition level being a particular level at which an error log has to be output. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355033 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus that is capable of coping with both a high power saving effect and a quick response. A reading unit reads an image of an original. A printing unit prints out image data. A control unit controls units including the reading unit and the printing unit. A detection unit detects an original placed in the reading unit. A power control unit restores the control unit and the reading unit from a sleep state when the detection unit detects an original, and further restores the printing unit from the sleep state before receiving a job when a sheet of the same size as the original concerned is stored. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355034 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SERVER DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes first and second token request transmission units, first and second token reception units, a storage unit, and a device resource request transmission unit. The first token request transmission unit transmits a first token acquisition request containing device credential information. The first token reception unit receives a first token corresponding to the device credential information. The storage unit stores the received first token. The second token transmission unit acquires the stored first token and sends a second token acquisition request containing the acquired first token and identification information for identifying a management unit that manages a device resource. The second token reception unit receives a second token corresponding to the identification information. The device resource request transmission unit transmits a request for a process related to a device resource, the request containing the received second token. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355035 | Non-Transitory Storage Medium Storing Instructions, Information Processing Device, Image Processing Apparatus, and Image Processing System - A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions which, when executed by a processor of an information processing device, cause the processor to: transmit, to an image processing apparatus, identification information for identifying a login requestor; acquire account information transmitted from the image processing apparatus when the identification information is registered in the image processing apparatus; cause the information processing device to log in to a server using the account information; and perform at least one of: acquiring image data from the server and transmitting the image data and the identification information to the image processing apparatus; and transmitting an image reading request and the identification information to the image processing apparatus, acquiring image data from the image processing apparatus, and transmitting the image data acquired from the image processing apparatus, to the server. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355036 | PRINTING APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH PRINTING PROGRAM - The printing apparatus which performs printing by replacing print content for each record, generates image data for printing corresponding to one record among a plurality of records based on print data, prints an image corresponding to the one record based on the generated image data using a printing unit, and lists values of the one record on a display unit until an image corresponding to a record following the one record is printed by the printing unit, after an image corresponding to a record prior to the one record is printed by the printing unit. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355037 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SHARED DATA, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A shared data managing device is provided which manages shared data by setting an access right on a first user account basis. The first user account has a first identifier and first user information on a first user receiving a first service. The device includes an obtaining portion for obtaining, from a service providing system for a second service, a second identifier of a second user account used for the second service and second user information on a second user; a pairing portion for making a pair of the first identifier and the second identifier of the first user account and the second user account that are common in the first user information and the second user information; and a transmission portion for sending, to the service providing system, the shared data, the pair made, and the access right on a first user account basis. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355038 | Low-Capacity Power Supply and Image Forming Apparatus - A low-capacity power supply is described in which an input capacitance may be adjusted. In one example, input capacitors may be located between an AC power supply and a rectifier. Additional adjustment capacitors may be located on one or more input lines to the rectifier. The adjustment capacitors may be added in series to at least one of the input capacitors to decrease the input capacitance of the rectifier. In this example, the power provided downstream of the rectifier may be adjusted to increased or reduced as needed. In other examples, additional switches are provided for the input capacitors to selectively add their capacitance to or remove their capacitance from the input of the rectifier. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355039 | IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - An information processing terminal transmits, to an authentication server, information obtained by imaging a code pattern of multifunction device information, and authentication information inputted by a user. The authentication server performs user authentication based on the received authentication information and specifies a multifunction device based on the received information of the code pattern. If the user has been authenticated, the authentication server transmits print data corresponding to the user to the multifunction device and prescribes the execution of print processing to the multifunction device. The multifunction device executes print process based on the obtained print data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355040 | METHOD FOR RECORDING CHIP USAGE STATE INFORMATION, CHIP OF IMAGING BOX AND IMAGING BOX - The present invention provides a method for recording chip usage state information, a chip of imaging box and an imaging box. The chip of imaging box includes: a substrate, and an information storage unit and a control unit which are provided on the substrate, the information storage unit includes a write-prior area and a normal read-write area, the method includes: when the chip receives a read/write operation command sent by an imaging device or when the control unit on the chip monitors a communication interference signal, the control unit on the chip updates a chip usage state parameter stored in the write-prior area, the chip usage state parameter is used for fault analysis of the chip. The chip usage state parameter recorded can represent the usage state information of the chip itself, which provides powerful information to find and solve communication problems between the chip and the imaging device. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355041 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An image transmission apparatus includes an original document reading unit, an operation unit, a receiving unit, and a control unit. The original document reading unit reads an original document, and produce image data. The operation unit receives an input of a first password. The receiving unit receives request information including a second password from an information processing apparatus. The control unit controls the original document reading unit to read the original document based on the request information, and transmit the image data to an external device, the control unit restricts transmission of the image data to the external device if the first password does not correspond to the second password. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355042 | Printing System - An example method for operating a printing system in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes receiving, at a printing unit, a print job, receiving, at the printing unit, a trigger generated by a finishing unit, and initiating the print job based on the generated trigger. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355043 | PRINT PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT - Printing production management is performed by accessing a production event log that includes entries that correspond to different stages of a plurality of pending print orders. In response to receiving an inquiry for a time for completing process steps of a print job, a current status of the pending print orders is accessed from the production event log. A predictive model for the print job is generated based on completion times for the process steps of the print job accessed from the production event log. A time for completing the process steps of the print job is predicted based on the predictive model and the current status of the pending print orders. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355044 | PROCESSING INSTRUCTION DEVICE, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing instruction device includes a memory, a display instruction data acquisition unit, a changing unit, a display controller, an operation data acquisition unit, and a processing instruction unit. The memory stores management data and first display instruction data. The display instruction data acquisition unit acquires second display instruction data from an external device. The changing unit specifies second processing identification data corresponding to display position identification data, specifies first processing identification data corresponding to the specified second processing identification data, and changes the first processing identification data corresponding to the display position identification data to the specified first processing identification data. The display controller causes a display device to display an image in accordance with the first or second display instruction data. The operation data acquisition unit acquires operation data. The processing instruction unit gives an instruction to perform processing in accordance with processing instruction data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355045 | PROCESSING INSTRUCTION DEVICE, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing instruction device includes a memory, a display instruction data acquisition unit, a display controller, an operation data acquisition unit, and a processing instruction unit. The memory stores management data and condition data. The display instruction data acquisition unit acquires display instruction data. The display instruction data is data for giving an instruction to display an image including an operator corresponding to each of the one or more pieces of processing instruction data selected from among one or more pieces of processing instruction data stored in the memory. The operation data acquisition unit acquires operation data indicating an operation of a user from an operation device that receives a user operation. The processing instruction unit instructs at least one of the image forming device, the imaging device, and the data communication device to perform a processing operation in accordance with processing instruction data corresponding to the one operator. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355046 | PROCESSING INSTRUCTION DEVICE, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A processing instruction device includes a memory, a display instruction data acquisition unit, a specifying unit, a display controller, an operation data acquisition unit, and a processing instruction unit. The memory stores processing instruction data, processing identification data, and processing attribute data. The display instruction data acquisition unit acquires display instruction data. If the display instruction data includes processing identification data which is not stored in the memory, the specifying unit specifies alternative processing instruction data. The display controller causes a display device to display an image which prompts a user to select the alternative processing instruction data. If the operation data acquisition unit acquires operation data indicating selection of processing instruction data, the processing instruction unit instructs at least one of an image forming device, an imaging device, and a data communication device to perform a processing operation in accordance with the acquired processing instruction data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355047 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE MOBILE PRINTING USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - A method of mobile printing using near field communication (NFC) includes checking a version of firmware installed in an image forming apparatus; determining whether the checked version of the firmware supports Wi-Fi Direct connection via automatic transmission of a personal identification number (PIN); updating the firmware installed in the image forming apparatus when the checked version of the firmware does not support Wi-Fi Direct connection via automatic transmission of a PIN; encrypting and storing a PIN in an NFC tag attached to the image forming apparatus; setting a Wi-Fi Direct connection by receiving the stored PIN and automatically transmitting the PIN to the image forming apparatus by the mobile device when the mobile device is NFC-tagged to the image forming apparatus; and performing mobile printing via the Wi-Fi Direct connection. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355048 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MOBILE PRINTING USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - A method of mobile printing using near field communication (NFC) includes executing a mobile printing application installed in a mobile device; setting a wireless connection for data transmission between the mobile device and an image forming apparatus by performing NFC tagging on the image forming apparatus with the mobile device; and automatically performing a function corresponding to a status of the mobile printing application when NFC tagging is performed. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355049 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING SERVICE APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system, when information about an image forming apparatus is registered in a printing service apparatus or when information about the image forming apparatus already registered in the printing service apparatus is updated, determines whether firmware installed in the image forming apparatus corresponds to the printing service apparatus. If the firmware installed in the image forming apparatus is determined not to correspond, the printing system determines whether firmware corresponding to the printing service apparatus exists in firmware of the image forming apparatus distributed by the distribution server. If the firmware corresponding to the printing service apparatus is determined to exist and when that firmware is distributed from the distribution server to the image forming apparatus, the printing system installs the distributed firmware. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355050 | PRINT SYSTEM, USABILITY INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, USABILITY INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH USABILITY INFORMATION GENERATION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus transmits a print job to a server and generates print status information including user identification information and a print condition included in the print job. Each of one or more image forming apparatuses transmits a transmission request, forms an image based on the print job, and generates device information including state information indicating its operating state. The server transmits a print job that includes the same user identification information as the user identification information included in the transmission request, to the image forming apparatus that has transmitted the transmission request. One of the server, the one or more image forming apparatuses, and the portable information device generates usability information indicating usability in a case where the print job is executed in each image forming apparatus, based on the device information and the print status information. The portable information device outputs the generated usability information. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355051 | APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN APPARATUS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - An agent unit acquires apparatus status information from an electronic apparatus. A remote maintenance server receives and stores the apparatus status information transmitted from the agent unit. The agent unit (a) issues a response request of whether transmission of the apparatus status information is permitted or denied to a user of the electronic apparatus when a transmission request of the apparatus status information is detected, (b1) transmits a notification that indicates that transmission of the apparatus status information is denied to the remote maintenance server without transmitting the apparatus status information if a response to the response request is received and the received response indicates that transmission of the apparatus status information is denied, and (b2) transmits the apparatus status information if a response to the response request is received and the received response indicates that transmission of the apparatus status information is permitted. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355052 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A NORMAL MODE AND A POWER SAVING MODE - An image forming apparatus has a normal mode and a power saving mode. The image forming apparatus includes a printing portion for performing printing, a communication portion for performing a communication process, a system controller for performing operation control of the apparatus and a process concerning communication, and a power supply controller configured to supply power to the printing portion, the system controller, and the communication portion in the normal mode while in the power saving mode, to supply power to the communication portion but to stop power supply to the printing portion. The system controller performs the process concerning communication during the power saving mode, and the power supply controller adjusts a length of a stop time so that average power consumption of the image forming apparatus does not exceed a permissible maximum power, so as to temporarily restore the system controller during the power saving mode. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355053 | Image Processing Apparatus Signing-In to Server Based on Sign-In Data and Executing One of Scanning Process and Printing Process - In an image processing apparatus, a communication device is configured to be communicable with a server. A memory stores computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the image processing apparatus to: acquire sign-in data from a storing device; automatically sign-in to the server based on the sign-in data; and execute at least one of a scanning process and a printing process. In the scanning process, the at least one processor acquires image data by controlling the image processing device to scan an image, and controls the communication device to transmit the image data to the server. In the printing process, the at least one processor receives print data from the server via the communication device, and controls the image processing device to print an image based on the print data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355054 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTINUOUS PRINTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus prints a print job stored in a memory by a paper supply/feed setup associated with a paper setting of the print job. The apparatus includes a confirmation means for confirming whether or not print jobs with an identical paper setting exist in the print jobs every time when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a changing means for changing, when the print jobs with the identical paper setting exist, a print order of the print jobs stored in the memory so that the print jobs with the identical paper setting are to be printed continuously, and a continuous printing means for printing the print jobs with the identical paper setting continuously by a single paper supply/feed setup without making a temporary wait. According to the apparatus, the print jobs can be printed continuously and efficiently with no temporary wait, and thereby printing productivity can be improved. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355055 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a printing device that performs printing on the basis of output image data; a transmission processing unit that generates image log data from the output image data of one page and transmits the generated image log data to a server apparatus that stores image log data corresponding to a print job of plural pages; and a job executing unit that (a) starts a waiting status before a generation process of output image data of a next page when the generation process of the output image data of the aforementioned one page is completed, and (b) releases the waiting status after the image log data corresponding to the output image data of the aforementioned one page is generated and transmitted to the server apparatus by the transmission processing unit. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355056 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A first request is transmitted to a server. Connection is established between a printing apparatus and the server. A second request is transmitted to the server. Image data is received based on the second request and stored in a first memory. It is determined whether image data stored in the first memory includes image data for which a print instruction is received. When the image data stored in the first memory is included in the image data for which the print instruction is received, printing is performed based on the image data stored in the first memory. When the image data stored in the first memory is not included in the image data for which the print instruction is received, a third request is transmitted to the server, and printing is performed based on the image data for which the print instruction is received, after receiving the image data from the server. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355057 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO WRITE TAG USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - A method of writing a near field communication (NFC) tag using a mobile terminal includes establishing a wireless connection between the mobile terminal and an image forming apparatus, extracting a predetermined field value corresponding to a data structure of the NFC tag from information collected while establishing the wireless connection, generating tag information including the predetermined field value by arranging the predetermined field value according to the data structure, and writing the tag information to the NFC tag through NFC tagging. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355058 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH REMOTE OPERATION PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus remotely controls an image forming apparatus having an operating state changeable. The information processing apparatus includes a remote operation accepting portion to accept a user operation, and a remote control portion to remotely control the image forming apparatus on the basis of a remote operation accepted by the remote operation accepting portion. The remote control portion includes a motion detecting portion to detect a motion of the user, and a state maintaining portion to control the image forming apparatus not to change the operating state while a remote-operation motion for inputting a remote operation is detected by the motion detecting portion after a communication with the image forming apparatus has been established. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355059 | Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Display Program and Display Device - An apparatus, such as a display device, may have a processor, memory storing computer-readable instructions, and a display portion. The apparatus may obtain one or more second files in response to converting a first file into the one or more second files. The plurality of second files may be obtained one by one. The apparatus may determine whether all of one or more selected files from among the one or more second files have been obtained, prior to obtaining all of the one or more second files. The one or more selected files may be a subset of the one or more second files. The apparatus may also output the one or more selected files in response to determining that all of the one or more selected files have been obtained. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355060 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE INFORMATION ON A PREVIEW SCREEN - In an image forming apparatus in which a reading unit reads image information stored in an external storage unit and the read image information is analyzed to generate print information for carrying out printing, a print setting that is not to be set when printing the image information are identified based on a result of analyzing the image information. Preview image information is then generated from the stored image information, and information indicating the identified print setting is displayed on a preview screen that displays the generated preview image information. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355061 | Display Program and Display Apparatus - A wireless communication device may have a processing unit for executing a first program and a communication interface configured to communicate with an external apparatus such as an image forming apparatus by way of a short-range communication protocol. The wireless communication device may determine whether a prescribed condition is satisfied under a condition that a specific display screen has been displayed on the wireless communication device by a second program different from the first program. The specific display screen may be displayed based on the wireless communication device being in communication with the external apparatus using a short-range communication protocol. The wireless communication device may display a message regarding communication between the wireless communication device and the external apparatus using the short-range communication protocol in response to determining that the prescribed condition is satisfied. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355062 | DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE - A data transmitting and receiving device includes: a clock signal generator which modulates a reference clock signal having a reference frequency to produce a clock signal whose frequency changes in a set cycle within a set frequency band; and a frequency range storage which stores a first frequency range as a part of the set frequency band and/or a second frequency range as the rest part of the set frequency band. The first transmitter does not transmit first communication data to a first receiver based on the clock signal having the frequency belonging to the first frequency range and transmits the first communication data to the first receiver based on the clock signal having the frequency belonging to the second frequency range. The first receiver receives the first communication data from the first transmitter based on the clock signal having the frequency belonging to the second frequency range. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355063 | METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - A method of forming an image using a mobile terminal supporting near field communication (NFC) includes launching a mobile application corresponding to an application identifier of tag information of an NFC tag obtained through first NFC tagging, generating data of a job to be performed by an image forming apparatus through the mobile application when the NFC tag is detected again through second NFC tagging, the job being determined according to a state of the mobile application during the second NFC tagging, and transmitting the generated data to the image forming apparatus. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355064 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR BASED HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention discloses a multi-core processor based high-speed digital textile printing processing system, comprising a gigabit Ethernet interface, a I2C interface, a Stream IO interface and a multi-core processor; the multi-core processor comprises a command receiving unit, a command processing unit, a command output unit, a data receiving unit, a compressed data buffer unit, a data decompression unit, a decompressed data buffer unit and a data output unit; meanwhile, the present invention also disclosed a multi-core processor based high-speed digital textile printing processing method. The present invention is centered on high-performance multi-core processor, which aims to implement high-speed transmission of printing data from PC to printing nozzle via the gigabit Ethernet and Stream IO interface as well as processing and transfer of printing commands via the gigabit Ethernet and I2C interface. Meanwhile, it is also capable of executing such processing as decompression of printing images and image rotation, which has significantly improved the work efficiency of digital textile printing system | 2014-12-04 |
20140355065 | PRINTER - A printer includes a processor and a printing mechanism. The printer also includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to provide a. user-interface to a device. The user-interface includes at least one of the following options to: select document media parameters of the printer, select document print job parameters of the printer, or select print job status. The storage medium also includes instructions that cause the processor to process the selections and a document received from the device for printing. The storage medium further includes instructions that cause the processor to print the document based on selections received from the device. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions executable by a printer processor for printing a document sent by a device is also disclosed, as is a method for printing a document sent by a device. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355066 | TRANSMITTING A JOB TO A DESTINATION - In one embodiment, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to receive a selected destination to which to send a job of a particular type, and pass the job, including the selected destination as a job parameter, to a job engine whose function matches the particular job type. The processor further matches the selected destination with a delivery agent that supports destination data associated with the selected destination and that is registered to receive a notification of the selected destination. The processor passes to the delivery agent, the destination data and a document reference to identify a document generated by the job engine from the job, and uses the document reference and the destination data to direct the delivery agent to retrieve the document and transmit it to the selected destination. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355067 | SETTING VALUE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - Virtual setting values for a specific image forming apparatus are generated using a model-dependent setting value schema which defines a schema of model-dependent setting values in each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses and tenant setting values required to commonly set setting values for the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The virtual setting values are held and managed. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355068 | EMBEDDED DOCUMENT DESTINATION ROUTING RESTRICTIONS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for restricting transmission of a document. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for restricting transmission of a document is provided. The method includes loading an image of a document into memory of a computer, receiving a request to transmit the image to a specified destination, and in response to receiving the request, locating an embedded code within the document, extracting a restriction as to the transmission of the image of the document, applying the restriction, and transmitting the image of the document to the specified destination only if permitted by the restriction. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355069 | System and Method for Dynamic Generation of Embedded Security Features in a Document - A system for dynamically generating a digital image comprising a security feature for a document. The system includes a processor | 2014-12-04 |
20140355070 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a facsimile device includes a non volatile memory in which received image data of facsimile is stored. A mail processing unit receives an email of internet facsimile from a mail server. An image processing unit generates received image data of internet facsimile on the basis of the received email. A job managing unit stores the receive image data of internet facsimile in the non volatile memory, and performs printing of the received image data stored in the non volatile memory. The job managing unit stores a message ID of the receive email in the non volatile memory with the received image data of internet facsimile. The open confirmation processing unit acquires destination information for an open confirmation email from the received email corresponding to the stored message ID and transmits the open confirmation email to a destination specified by the acquired destination information. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355071 | FACSIMILE REQUIREMENTS MONITORING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for facsimile requirements monitoring during facsimile transmission of a form. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of facsimile requirements monitoring during facsimile transmission of a form is provided. The method includes loading a document directed for facsimile transmission by a facsimile data processing system, identifying within the document a facsimile requirement that a particular location within the document include end user supplied data, determining whether or not the particular location specified by the facsimile requirement includes end user supplied data, and generating an error message in the facsimile device responsive to a determination that the particular location lacks any end user supplied data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355072 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD - An image transmission apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires image data and an identifier for identifying a transmission destination, a first transmission unit that transmits the image data to a transmission destination identified by the identifier, a receiving unit that receives a stop instruction for stopping the transmission while the first transmission unit is transmitting the image data, and a processing unit that when a transmission request of the image data is received from a host apparatus, performs stop processing for stopping the transmission when the receiving unit receives the stop instruction and performs stop prevention processing for preventing the stop processing from being performed or the stop instruction from being received when the transmission request of the image data is received from an external apparatus. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355073 | CLASSIFICATION OF SCANNED HARDCOPY MEDIA - A method for automatically classifying scanned hardcopy media based on its physical size. The hardcopy media is classified as a photograph if the determined physical size matches a common physical sizes for photographs to within a predetermined tolerance, and is classified as a document if the determined physical size matches one of the common physical sizes for documents to within a predetermined tolerance. Otherwise, a media classification is determined using contextual processing. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355074 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading device includes a density reference plate, an image reading section, a storage section, and a control section. When density reference data for at least one of a plurality of colors with respect to at least one of a plurality of regions is abnormal data, the control section calculates a change rate. The change rate is a rate of change between preliminary density reference data and density reference data both for one of the colors other than the at least one color with respect to the at least one region. The control section corrects the abnormal data based on the change rate calculated with respect to the at least one region and also on preliminary density reference data for the at least one color with respect to the at least one region. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355075 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image reading device includes an image reading section, an image processing section, and a density reference member. Based on a location of a defect in the image reading section or in the density reference member, the image processing section determines whether or not to at least partially restrict either a read range of the image reading section when the image reading section reads an original document or usage of a result obtained by reading the original document by the image reading section. The image processing section determines whether or not to apply a smoothing process to each density value detected by reading the original document by the image reading section. The determination is made based on a comparison between a normal-value determining threshold and each density value detected by reading the density reference member by the image reading section. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355076 | PROGRAM FOR READING CHARACTERS, AND CHARACTER READER AS WELL AS METHOD FOR READING CHARACTERS - A character reading method performed by a computer connected to an imaging unit includes repeating processing of recognizing the character included in one-frame image input latest in parallel to input of the moving image, performing matching of a recognition result obtained by every piece of recognition processing in units of characters along a time axis, fixing the recognition result appearing with an appearance ratio larger than a reference value previously decided in the recognition processing continuously performed at least predetermined times, and outputting the fixed recognition result. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355077 | SCANNER THAT DETECTS DEBRIS - A scanner is disclosed. The scanner detects when the to surface of the ADF scan glass is contaminated. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355078 | IRRADIATION DEVICE AND IMAGE-READING DEVICE - An irradiation device increasing the lighting depth and facilitating the assembling is provided. A transparent bar-shaped light guide having LEDs disposed near ends thereof includes a first prism group and a first reflector, and, a second prism group and a reflector which are provided so as to extend in a lengthwise direction and which diffuse and reflect light. The light guide includes a first light outgoing area emitting reflected light as primary light Lm, and a second light outgoing area emitting reflected light as secondary light Ls. The first light outgoing area includes a plane portion forming a flat surface. A plane mirror reflects the secondary light Ls in a direction overlapping the primary light Lm in a read area. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355079 | Image-Forming Apparatus - An image scanner section is disposed above a printer section. The image scanner section is supported by the printer section in such a manner as to be pivotable about a pivotal axis. The printer section has a lower housing having a substantially rectangular shape as viewed from above. The image scanner section has an upper housing having a substantially rectangular shape as viewed from above. The upper housing and the lower housing are configured such that a second upper corner portion, which is a corner portion of the upper housing, projects beyond a second lower corner portion, which is a corner portion of the lower housing and is located just under the second upper corner portion. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355080 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND MULTIFUNCTION PRINTING APPARATUS - An embodiment of this invention is directed to reading an original at a high resolution with high quality by an image reading apparatus using a 3-line CCD and white LED. The image reading apparatus according to the embodiment includes a 3-line CCD, a white LED, and a light guide configured to guide light from the LED to an original. A surface of the light guide from which light emerges toward the original is formed into a concave shape. Light from the light guide almost uniformly irradiates the reading region of an image placed on a platen glass. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355081 | ARRANGEMENT FOR READING FROM AND/OR WRITING TO FLEXIBLE SHEET MEDIA IN A CURVED CONFIGURATION AND METHOD - An assembly for transferring information to and/or from flexible sheet media in a highly advantageous curved configuration is disclosed. The sheet material includes a length and a width defining first and second opposing surfaces. The assembly includes support means for supporting the sheet the curved configuration across its width, having the first surface inwardly oriented with respect to the curved configuration. Thereafter, moving means moves the flexible sheet material so supported in a direction along a read/write path generally parallel to the sheet material length and transverse to the direction of curvature. A read/write arrangement is provided which is configured for reading and/or writing information across the width of the first surface of the sheet as the sheet is moved along the path in the curved configuration. In one feature, means is provided for rotationally moving the read/write arrangement in a predetermined way in the housing such that the read/write arrangement is in a confronting relationship with the first, inwardly oriented surface and cooperates with the movement provided by the sheet material moving means so as to cause the read/write arrangement to sequentially read information from and/or write information to the inwardly oriented, first surface of the sheet as the read/write arrangement traverses the width of the flexible sheet material while the latter is on the read/write path in the curved configuration. In another feature, a read and/or write operation may be performed on the second, outwardly oriented surface of the sheet material. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355082 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image reading device reads an image of an object. The image reading device includes a white reference member and a gloss reference member. The white reference member is used for generating white reference data. The gloss reference member has a larger ratio of mirror reflected light to incident light than the white reference member. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355083 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a sheet conveying device, a first sensing portion is configured to output a first sense signal when a sheet is absent at a first sensing position determined in advance on a sheet placement portion, and output a second sense signal when the sheet is present at the first sensing position. A second sensing portion is configured to output the second sense signal when the sheet is absent at a second sensing position separated from the first sensing position in a width direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of the sheet, and output the first sense signal when the sheet is present at the second sensing position. A sensing control portion is configured to sense a plurality of states in accordance with a combination of the first sense signal and the second sense signal. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355084 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: document reading device; document holder; and first locking device. Document reading device is provided so as to be openable and closable relative to apparatus body. Document holder is provided so as to be openable and closable relative to document reading device. First locking device locks document holder so as to prevent document holder from performing opening operation in the case of the document reading device performing opening operation. Document reading device includes an opening. First locking device includes: locking member, first hook member, and lid member. Locking member is inserted into the opening in a state where document holder is closed relative to document reading device. First hook member is engaged with locking member inserted in the opening, below document placing surface. Lid member is movable between closing position at which the opening is closed, and opening position at which the opening is opened. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355085 | INFRARED HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTOR FOR THERMAL MASKING AND DECOYS - A holographic structure, system and method project a grey-scale image in a narrow IR spectral band that is related to a broadband thermal signature of an object. The projected grey-scale image, when integrated over the broadband, forms either a decoy that approximates the thermal signature of the object or a mask that obscures the thermal signature of the object. The projected image is a tuned phase recording of a desired far field projection. In different embodiments, the projected image is a “positive” or a “negative” image of the object's thermal signature, a difference image between the thermal signatures of a false object and the object or a camouflage image of random features having approximately the same spatial frequency as the object's thermal signature. The goal being to confuse or fool, even for a short period of time, the warfighting or surveillance system or human observer that uses a broadband IR sensor to acquire and view thermal images of the scene. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355086 | DISPLAY DEVICE USING COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAM - The instant application discloses a display device including a pattern generator configured to generate a diffraction pattern from an image; a light source configured to emit emission light; an optical condenser which condenses the emission light to generate illumination light; and a spatial light modulator which diffracts the illumination light according to the diffraction pattern to generate diffracted light. The diffracted light passes through the optical condenser. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355087 | LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS, LIGHT SCANNING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND LIGHT SCANNING UNIT - A light scanning apparatus includes torsion beams supporting a mirror supporting portion on opposite sides of the mirror supporting portion along an axis direction, the mirror supporting portion being swung around the axis direction by the torsion beams; a pair of drive beams sandwiching the mirror and the mirror supporting portion in a direction orthogonal to the axis direction; connection beams that connect mutually facing sides of each drive beam with the torsion beams; and a piezoelectric sensor formed on the connection beams and detecting displacement of the connection beams caused by a swing of the torsion beams around the axis when the mirror swings by a drive voltage, wherein a first bias voltage having a positive or negative polarity is applied to an upper electrode of the piezoelectric sensor, and a second bias voltage having an opposite polarity is applied to a lower electrode. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355088 | OPTICAL DEFLECTOR INCLUDING SEPARATED PIEZOELECTRIC PORTIONS ON PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS AND ITS DESIGNING METHOD - In an optical deflector including a mirror, a frame, torsion bars, first and second piezoelectric actuators coupled to both of the torsion bars, and first and second coupling bars, each of the first and second piezoelectric actuators is divided into first, second and third areas in accordance with a polarization polarity distribution obtained by performing a simulation upon the optical deflector where piezoelectric portions with no slits are hypothetically provided in the first and second piezoelectric actuators while a predetermined rocking operation is performed upon the mirror. First piezoelectric portions are formed in the first and third areas of the first piezoelectric actuator, and second piezoelectric portions are formed in the first and third areas of said second piezoelectric actuator. A first drive voltage applied to the first piezoelectric portions is opposite in phase to a second drive voltage applied to the second piezoelectric portions. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355089 | MEMS Device and Electronic Device Having Projector Function - In a MEMS device ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140355090 | LIGHT DEFLECTOR, LIGHT DEFLECTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD AND OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - A light deflector includes a fixing portion and a movable portion. The movable portion includes a mirror portion for deflecting light by swinging about a predetermined swing axis, a torsion bar fixedly supported on the fixing portion and having an axis serving as the swing axis, and a supporting body configured to support the mirror portion and fixed to the torsion bar. The supporting body includes a hole portion through which the axis passes. A mass body for adjusting a resonant frequency of the movable portion is arranged in the hole portion. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355091 | LIGHT DEFLECTOR, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light deflector includes a fixing portion, a movable portion and a reinforcing member. The movable portion includes a mirror portion for deflecting light by swinging about a predetermined swing axis, a torsion bar fixedly supported on the fixing portion and having an axis serving as the swing axis, and a supporting body configured to support the mirror portion and fixed to the torsion bar. The supporting body includes a contact surface to be held in contact with the mirror portion and a non-contact surface opposite to the contact surface. The reinforcing member is provided only on the non-contact surface out of the contact surface and the non-contact surface of the supporting body and reinforces the supporting body and adjusts a center of gravity of the movable portion so that the center of gravity of the movable portion is located on the axis. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355092 | APPARATUS COMPRISING A SPRING AND AN OPTICAL ELEMENT SUSPENDED THEREON - Apparatuses with actuators having actuator-side attachment areas disposed thereon, an optical element having mirror-side attachment areas disposed thereon and springs are described, wherein an optical element is connected to actuators via two or four springs. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355093 | ROTARY ACTUATOR - The present invention is a rotary actuator having segments, which are spaced apart and are connected by means of at least one support structure, and at least one actuator for exerting forces, characterized in that the support structure is substantially rotationally symmetrical about an axis and is composed of elements which are not oriented parallel to the axis or which are twisted through an angle in relation to the axis, and the elements can be changed by rotation about the axis and the actuator can exert forces to at least one of the segments and the support structure in the direction of the axis. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355094 | MICROMECHANICAL STRUCTURE AND CORESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHOD - A micromechanical structure includes a substrate having an upper side and a lower side, the substrate having a first region and a second region adjacent thereto, the upper side being fashioned in the first region as a mirror region that reflects light. In the second region on the upper side of the substrate, a network-type structure and/or a web-type structure is fashioned, such that the second region is essentially non-light-reflective. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355095 | MULTI-PURPOSE OPTICAL CAP AND APPARATUS AND METHODS USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - A method for protecting an optical MEMS device, including providing an optical MEMS device defining a field of view and including layers which define a main plane; and forming a protective element, constructed and operative for at least partly covering the optical MEMS device, from an optical structural material and wherein the protective element includes a planar portion tilted with respect to said main plane via which a majority of light energy directed toward said main plane must pass. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355096 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE HAVING AN IMPROVED FILL PORT PLUG - An electrochromic device including: (a) a first substantially transparent substrate having an electrically conductive material associated therewith; (b) a second substrate having an electrically conductive material associated therewith; (c) an electrochromic medium contained within a chamber positioned between the first and second substrates which includes: (1) a solvent; (2) an anodic material; and (3) a cathodic material, wherein both of the anodic and cathodic materials are electroactive and at least one of the anodic and cathodic materials is electrochromic; (d) wherein a seal member, the first substrate, the second substrate, and/or the chamber includes a plug associated with a fill port; and (e) wherein the plug is at least partially cured with an antimonate photo initiator and/or is a one- or two-part plug which comprises a resin or mixture of resins that are substantially insoluble and/or substantially immiscible with an associated electrochromic medium while in the uncured state. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355097 | CONNECTORS FOR SMART WINDOWS - This disclosure provides connectors for smart windows. A smart window may incorporate an optically switchable pane. In one aspect, a window unit includes an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane. A wire assembly may be attached to the edge of the insulated glass unit and may include wires in electrical communication with electrodes of the optically switchable pane. A floating connector may be attached to a distal end of the wire assembly. The floating connector may include a flange and a nose, with two holes in the flange for affixing the floating connector to a first frame. The nose may include a terminal face that present two exposed contacts of opposite polarity. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355098 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CONTROL OF ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS - Automated shade systems may comprise controllers that use algorithms to control operation of the automated shade control system and components thereof, for example window coverings, glass having variable characteristics, and so forth. These algorithms may include information such as: 3-D models of a building and surrounding structures, shadow information, reflectance information, lighting and radiation information, information regarding one or more variable characteristics of glass, clear sky algorithms, log information related to manual overrides, occupant preference information, motion information, real-time sky conditions, solar radiation on a building, a total foot-candle load on a structure, brightness overrides, actual and/or calculated BTU load, time-of-year information, and microclimate analysis. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355099 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY PANEL WITH HIGH TRANSPARENCE - An electro-wetting display panel including an active device array substrate, a dielectric layer, a rib structure, an opposite substrate, a first fluid and a second fluid is provided. The active device array substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of pixel structures. Each pixel structure includes a shielding electrode connected to a common potential, an active device located between the shielding electrode and the first substrate, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device. The dielectric layer covers the pixel structures. The rib structure is disposed on the active device array substrate and has openings. The active device and the pixel electrode of each pixel structure are located within one of the openings. The first fluid is configured between the dielectric layer and the opposite substrate. The second fluid is configured between the dielectric layer and the first fluid. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355100 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A display element ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140355101 | PIXEL DEVICE AND DISPLAY USING LIQUID INK AND ELASTOMERS - A pixel device using optically active fluid contained within elastomeric materials and actuated through dielectric elastomer membrane is disclosed. The underlying mechanism of optical contrast in this display pixel is the spread and contraction of the fluid contained within a pre-stretched elastomer membrane and a substrate. The actuation mechanism for the fluid flow is a dielectric elastomer membrane coated with compliant electrodes on both sides. When both electrodes are connected to a voltage source, the oppositely charged electrodes attract each other, compressing the sandwiched elastomer membrane in the thickness direction but increasing its lateral dimension. Due to geometrical constraint, the change in the membrane lateral dimension results in the net volume change of the fluid reservoir, causing optically active fluid to move from the display cavity into the fluid reservoir or vice versa. The variation of the amount of fluid in the display cavity corresponds to the variation of optical properties, such as contrast and color, of the pixel device. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355102 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electrowetting display apparatus includes a first substrate including a first electrode that receives a gray-scale voltage and a second electrode insulated from the first electrode and receiving a reference voltage, a second substrate, a fluid layer, and a color filter. The color filter has a first thickness in an area corresponding to the first electrode and a second thickness in an area corresponding to the second electrode, and the first thickness is larger than the second thickness. Accordingly, a cell gap of the electrowetting display apparatus is reduced, and color reproducibility of the electrowetting display apparatus is improved without sacrificing brightness. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355103 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY AND CONVERTER THEREFOR - A display device includes a display panel and a converter formed on a front surface of the display panel. The converter performs conversion between a 2-dimensional image and a 3-dimensional image. The converter includes a plurality of protrusion electrodes formed on a first substrate. A plate electrode is positioned on a second substrate facing the first substrate. A transparent medium is positioned between the protrusion electrodes and the plate electrode. A plurality of conductive particles is positioned in the transparent medium. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355104 | ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLES, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLES, ELECTROPHORESIS DISPERSION, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided electrophoretic particle which has core particle, and a siloxane-based compound which includes a connecting structure in which a plurality of siloxane bonds are connected in series, and the surface of the core particle includes a first region to which the siloxane-based compound is bonded, and a second region in which charging characteristic derived from the core particle is expressed by exposure of the surface of the core particle. An occupancy rate of the first region on the surface of the core particle is preferably equal to greater than 0.05% and equal to or less than 20%. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355105 | AMPLITUDE NOISE SQUEEZING ON MULTI-AMPLITUDE MODULATED SIGNALS - A method for regenerating optical signals includes determining an input including a source amplitude-modulated optical signal, regenerating the source amplitude-modulated optical signal by using successive saturation modes of amplification, and producing an output optical signal from the regeneration. The source amplitude-modulated optical signal includes input power modulation levels that each indicate information carried on the source amplitude-modulated optical signal. The output optical signal includes output power modulation levels that include information equivalent to information of the input power modulation levels. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355106 | DEVICE FOR VIEWING AN IMAGE ON A LAMINATED SUBSTRATE - A glazing panel for a display device, includes an external first transparent pane and an internal second transparent pane, each pane including an external face and an internal face, the glass panes being joined together by an interlayer made of a thermoformable material or by a multilayer sheet incorporating such an interlayer; a protective layer made of an opaque material making contact with the internal face of the external first pane; a masking layer made of an opaque material making contact with the internal face of the internal second pane, the masking layer including apertures forming pictograms; and a uniform layer of a material doped with luminescent species chosen because they absorb light radiation produced by the source generating radiation in the UV or IR range, and re-emit light radiation in the visible range, the uniform layer being placed in the glazing panel, between the masking layer and the protective layer. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355107 | INFRARED SHIELDING FILM, HEAT REFLECTIVE LAMINATED GLASS USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HEAT REFLECTIVE LAMINATED GLASS - An object of the present invention is to provide an infrared shielding film which has high infrared shielding effect for every incident angle of sunlight, and a laminated glass using the infrared shielding film. Provided is an infrared shielding film including at least one unit of a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer stacked, which is characterized in that the high refractive index layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyester, a polycarbonate, and a poly(meth)acrylate, and metal oxide particles. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355108 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPER-RESOLUTION OPTICAL IMAGING USING HIGH-INDEX OF REFRACTION MICROSPHERES AND MICROCYLINDERS - The present invention provides super-resolution optical imaging methods and systems, including: providing a sample to be optically imaged; providing a plurality of microstructures disposed substantially adjacent to a surface of the sample to be optically imaged; and providing a material disposed about the plurality of microstructures; wherein the plurality of microstructures have a first index of refraction; and wherein the material disposed about the plurality of microstructures has a second index of refraction that is substantially less than the first index of refraction of the plurality of microstructures. The plurality of microstructures include one of a plurality of microspheres and a plurality of microcylinders. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355109 | IMMERSION FLUID FOR MICROSCOPY - An immersion liquid for microscopy is provided, comprising (a) an organic compound which contains a saturated polycyclic hydrocarbon residue, (b) an oligomeric or polymeric saturated acyclic hydrocarbon and (c) an alkyl aromatic compound, selected from the group consisting of alkyl naphthalene and alkyl biphenyl. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355110 | PORTABLE MOVIE SCREENS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A portable movie screen includes a screen portion and a frame portion surrounding at least part of the periphery of the screen portion. The screen portion has a screen gain greater than about 0.8 and an elasticity greater than an elasticity of the frame portion. The movie screen includes at least one side connected to the front portion and a receiving space defined at least in part by the front portion and the side portion. The receiving space is configured to selectively receive a support body including at least one sealed chamber and movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The frame portion is configured such that when the support body is in the expanded configuration and positioned in the receiving space, the frame portion tensions the screen portion and substantially maintains the screen portion in a desired shape. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355111 | SCATTERING SCREEN SYSTEM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - There is provided a screen scattering system. The system has a transparent substrate forming a substrate layer, and wide band gap materials made of 0D, 1D and 3D elements forming a scattering layer. The 0D, 1D and 3D elements are in the form of nanostructures aligned uniformly on said substrate layer. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355112 | PROJECTION SCREEN WITH GOLD COATED PROJECTION RECEIVING SURFACE - A projection screen has a gold coated projection receiving surface that reflects light. The projection screen includes a support structure and an adhesive layer on top of the support structure. A fiber support is adhered to the support structure using the adhesive layer. A chalk and adhesive layer is applied on to the fiber support and a clay and adhesive layer is applied on to chalk and adhesive layer. A gold layer is applied to the clay and adhesive layer. A light or a portion thereof passes through each of the multiple ordered layers, including the gold layer, the clay and adhesive layer, the chalk and adhesive layer and reflects back a lustrous, iridescent image that has motion and depth qualities with transmuted color characteristics. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355113 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIGHT EMITTING MODULE THEREOF - A display apparatus comprising a display panel and a light module is provided. The light module comprises a light guide plate, a plurality of light guide elements and at least a light emitting unit. The light guide plate comprises at least one light incident surface, a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface opposite to the first lateral surface. The plurality of light guide elements are disposed at the first lateral surfaces. A plurality of cross-section parallel to the first light incident surface in the plurality of light guide elements. The farther the distance from the cross-section to the first light incident surface, the larger the area of the cross-section. After emitting from the light emitting unit, the light is guided by the plurality of light guide elements, and emitted from one of the first and the second lateral surfaces of the light guide plate. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355114 | Holographic Display Extension for Portable Device and Method of Manufacturing Same - A display extension for a device with a display includes a substantially transparent screen and positioning means adapted to position the substantially transparent screen at an acute angle relative to the display. The substantially transparent screen includes at least one zone of increased reflectivity. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355115 | Dimming Device - A dimming device includes a first polarizer, a second polarizer, a first retarder layer and a second retarder layer. The dimming device can generate full-light transmission state, dark state and a transitional state of various kinds of repeat patterns formed by a plurality of full-light transmission areas and dark areas. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355116 | Polarizer for Dimming Device - A polarizer for a dimming device. The polarizer includes a polarization layer with an absorption axis; and a patterned retarder layer on the polarization layer and comprising patterned alignment microstructures and a liquid crystal layer disposed on the patterned alignment microstructures, wherein the patterned alignment microstructures are formed by embossing and the optical axis of the patterned retarder layer is continuous. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355117 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - A display protector for use with a heat source, the display protector including one or more transparent fluid incident regions and one or more fluid driver regions, wherein the display protector is configured to guide a fluid incident upon one or more of the transparent fluid incident regions away to one or more of the fluid driver regions to facilitate driving of the fluid from the one or more fluid driver regions by heat supplied by the heat source. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355118 | IMAGE STABILIZER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image stabilizer includes a correction lens module including a correction lens and a correction lens supporting plate to which the correction lens is coupled, a plurality of drivers configured to move the correction lens module in a direction perpendicular an optical axis, each driver including a magnet member fixed to the correction lens supporting plate and a coil configured to react to the magnet member, and a plurality of location restoration units disposed to face the plurality of drivers, configured to restore the correction module to an initial location, and including magnetic bodies. The magnet member may include a first magnet, a second magnet, and a third magnet coupled in one body. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355119 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD FOR VOICE COIL MOTOR, AND LENS MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - Vibration is suppressed in a feedback type VCM actuator. A converting unit converts a position command value into an internal command value varied based on a waveform having a period which is half of a period of a trigonometric function, the position command value being indicative of a position of a mover and changeable step by step. A driving unit receives a position detection value indicating a current position of the mover from a sensor and drives a voice coil motor such that the position detection value matches the internal command value. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355120 | Lens Driving Device - A lens driving device is proposed, including a cover can whose upper side surface includes an opening formed to expose a lens and whose side surface extends from the upper side surface to a base, a base that is secured to the cover can; a housing that is arranged on top of the base and moves in first and second directions that are perpendicular to an optical axis, a bobbin that is housed in the housing and moves in an optical axis direction, an actuator that includes a magnet unit arranged in the housing, a first coil unit arranged in an outer side surface of the bobbin, and a second coil unit that is arranged on top of the base, and a substrate that is disposed between the second coil unit and the base so as to control the first coil unit and the second coil unit. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355121 | Ultra Broadband Multilayer Dielectric Beamsplitter Coating - Coatings for optical devices, such as beamsplitters, are provided. The coatings include at least one bilayer of a layer of a material having an index of refraction n | 2014-12-04 |
20140355122 | Polyolefin Volumetric Diffuser - A volumetric diffuser utilizing polyolefins and light scattering particles to provide desired efficiency without hot-spots where surface texture is utilized to reduce the tendency of the polyolefin based volumetric diffuser to scratch. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355123 | COLOR IMPROVING FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a color improving film comprising a base layer, a high refractive light diffusion layer including an organic light diffuser on the base layer, a high refractive resin layer on the high refractive light diffusion layer, and a low refractive resin layer in which a lenticular lens pattern is formed on the high refractive resin layer, wherein the organic light diffuser comprises particles coated with a black pigment and non-coated particles, and wherein the lenticular lens pattern is formed on a surface of the low refractive resin layer facing the high refractive resin layer. According to the color improving film, a change in color sensitivity according to an angle of view is small, an external light reflectivity is low, and a light transmittivity and a light diffusibility are substantially improved. Also, the method of preparing the color improving film has excellent processiblity and economic efficiency. | 2014-12-04 |
20140355124 | COLOR IMPROVING FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a color improving film and a method of manufacturing the color improving film. The color improving film includes a base layer, a high refractive light diffusion layer comprising a light diffuser, a high refractive resin layer, and a low refractive resin layer in which a lenticular lens pattern is formed, wherein the base layer, the high refractive light diffusion layer, the high refractive resin layer, and the low refractive resin layer are stacked, wherein the lenticular lens pattern is formed on a surface of the low refractive resin layer facing the high refractive resin layer, and a unit lenticular lens of the lenticular lens pattern is an oval lenticular lens, wherein the color improving film satisfies 0.10<Δn<0.20, Δn=n1−n2, where n1 denotes a refractive index of the high refractive resin layer, and n2 denotes a refractive index of the low refractive resin layer. | 2014-12-04 |